WebAction is now known as "Striim." Why the name change? The streaming space has become crowded, and Striim itself aims at Something More -- streaming analytics and streaming integration.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 10, 2015
Paxata is riding high. In September, it signed a partnership and reseller agreement with Cisco. In October, it announced improved integration with Tableau's self-service data visualization software.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 10, 2015
It's difficult to predict the future in our fast-paced world, but three trends stand out as having the biggest impact IoT will have on your organization.
In an era of ever-expanding data volumes and heterogenous data-processing requirements, Vertica really shines, HP officials maintain.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 3, 2015
The Internet of Things (IoT) holds great promise for a more intelligent, efficient, safe, and even anticipatory means of human adaptation to the environment, be it natural or manmade. IoT has the potential to enable improvements to many facets of life. It's enabling the interconnectedness of "things" and resulting insights and synergies, yet that very connectedness raises concerns for security and privacy that must be addressed.
The old barriers keep breaking down, as Cisco demonstrates with its forthcoming Cisco Data Preparation product. The networking behemoth positions its foray into data prep as a complement to its more traditional data virtualization technology.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 3, 2015
Even as companies embark on big data initiatives, many still have unanswered questions about how to drive the most business value from them.
It's a logical or virtual layer of the DW architecture that integrates the physical layers of architecture under it.
- By Philip Russom, Ph.D.
- October 20, 2015